| 单词 | to kick back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto kick back to kick back 1. intransitive. (See quot. 1909.) ΚΠ 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. To kick back, Mech., to start backwards;—said of an internal-combustion engine in starting with the crank when the spark is advanced and a too early ignition is effected. 1935 T. E. Lawrence Let. 13 Feb. (1938) 855 We launched the Dinghy: the quietest and sweetest tick-over of any Dinghy yet! It kicked back, when cold. So we put the ignition back a trifle. 2. transitive and intransitive. To return (money, stolen goods, etc.) to the person from whom they were obtained; to pay (money), esp. as a kick-back (see kickback n.). colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > give back or make restitution [verb (intransitive)] restorec1325 to make restitutiona1400 restituec1400 render1513 restitute1657 to kick back1926 the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > give back [verb (transitive)] yieldc897 agiveOE again-setOE restorec1325 acquitc1330 to pay outa1382 refundc1386 to give againa1400 quita1400 restituec1400 reliver1426 surrend1450 redeliver1490 refer1496 render1513 rebail1539 re-present1564 regive1575 to give backa1586 to turn back1587 relate1590 turn1597 returna1632 to hand back1638 redonate1656 reappropriate1659 re-cede1684 revert1688 replace1776 restitute1885 to kick back1926 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe > pay as bribe to kick back1926 1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 10/2 Kick~back, have to return a sucker's money. 1930 Amer. Mercury Dec. 456/2 Kick back with that hooch or we give you the works. 1934 Atlantic Aug. 139 The kick-back operates in the following manner. A wage scale is set either by law, as in government contracts, or by agreement between capital and labor. The worker assumes that he is to get so much per day or per hour for his work. At the end of the week, he is required to return or kick-back part of his wages to a designated person, often a foreman or a bookkeeper. 1970 ‘B. Mather’ Break in Line v. 59 The luggage coolies..kicked back half of their take to the Pathan hall porter. < as lemmas |
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